Save the Children Canada

Published purpose

The project aims to deliver quality, comprehensive health care and nutrition services to approximately 54,000 people living in Leogane, Haiti, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health, reproductive health, and integrated management of childhood illnesses. The project aims to respond to the primary health care needs of the population in the post-earthquake recovery context by using a combined approach involving direct provision of services and capacity development of partners (Hôpital Sainte-Croix, Malteser, Johanniter and the "Unités communales de santé" of Anacoana) and of key community health actors (women's support groups, community health workers and matrones). In order to ensure sustainabillty, the project progressively phased out Save the Children-run clinics and shifted from delivering services directly to addressing gaps in partner-run clinics. Through this project, 16 health clinics are being supported, including six mobile clinics and ten fixed clinics.